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The Associated Press | PostedFeb 22nd - 10:27am

A military court in Switzerland has fined a former sergeant in the Alpine nation's army 500 Swiss francs ($500) for joining a foreign militia to fight the Islamic State group in Syria between 2013 and 2015.

A six-floor apartment building in Medellin that Pablo Escobar once called home was demolished Friday in an emotional ceremony that officials hope will dampen some of the fervor for the notorious drug lord's criminal life and instead showcase the city's rebirth.

The Associated Press | PostedFeb 22nd - 7:52am

The Associated Press | PostedFeb 22nd - 7:38am

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday that he has instructed his government to assist the family of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in seeking humanitarian visas to visit the convicted drug trafficker in the United States.

The Associated Press | PostedFeb 22nd - 7:19am

The head of North Macedonia's main prison in the capital of Skopje has been fires after two former government ministers being held in pre-trial detention were assaulted in the prison yard by other inmates.

The Associated Press | PostedFeb 22nd - 7:04am

Israeli gunfire killed a Palestinian teenager at a protest along Gaza-Israel border fence, Gaza officials said Friday, as thousands in contested Jerusalem descended on a section of a flashpoint holy site that has been closed by Israeli court order for over a decade.

Krista Larson, Associated Press | PostedFeb 22nd - 6:29am

Senegal's President Macky Sall is counting on the success of his economic record to propel him to win a second term in Sunday's elections.

Frank Jordans, Associated Press | PostedFeb 22nd - 5:34am

The German government pledged Friday to investigate the deportation of a Tunisian man shortly after the deadly 2016 truck rampage on a Berlin Christmas market, but denied media reports that authorities had tried to cover up his possible involvement in the attack.

Zaheer Babar, Associated Press | PostedFeb 22nd - 5:00am

Pakistan re-imposed a ban on two charities run by a U.S.-designated terrorist blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, officials said Friday.

The Associated Press | PostedFeb 22nd - 4:57am

A U.N. human rights body has expressed concerns about a recent spike of executions in Egypt, following several death sentences handed down amid allegations of the use of torture to extract confessions.

The family of a U.K. teenager who ran away to join the Islamic State group begged the British government on Friday to help bring her newborn son to Britain.

The Associated Press | PostedFeb 22nd - 4:28am

A very powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck southern Ecuador in the early hours of Friday close to the country's border with Peru, although no immediate reports of possible casualties or damage were available.

The Associated Press | PostedFeb 22nd - 4:23am

Jan M. Olsen, Associated Press | PostedFeb 22nd - 3:48am

A 22-year-old Swede was sentenced Friday to four and a half years in prison after he was convicted of stealing 17th-century Swedish royal treasures estimated to be worth 65 million kronor ($7 million) from a cathedral last year.